crow on lamppost
contemplates a CAW!
but is silenced
by a morsel clamped
in its beak.
Crow Mind [Kyōka]
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Little Blue [Haiku]
from a gliding boat,
a little blue flower spied
as all else blurs.
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Nature’s AC [Haiku]
water rolls past
moss green rocks;
hikers pause in cool.
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Tree Hell [Tanka]
pine cone wedged
in a rotten sleeper,
on derelict tracks,
may become a tree
and made into sleepers.
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Dandelion [Limerick]
“Spring has lined all roads with dandelions.”
At this a young girl started cryin’
You see, to her ear,
‘Twas rational fear,
For she was afraid of Dandy Lions.
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Prickly Pear [Haiku]
prickly pears bloom:
yellow offering bowls —
bees give & take.
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Vanishing [Haiku]
moving up valley,
fog thickens until there
is only the step.
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This Is Not My World [Free Verse]
Every once in a while,
you see a sight
that makes you say,
"This cannot be
the world I know!"
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Monster Toes [Free Verse]
tree trunk studded by thorns
that look like
mean monster toenails
with gnarly green cuticles,
even tree-huggers stay at
arm’s length.
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Wake [Haiku]
boat chugs upriver,
slipping from sight, but for
its wake's arrow.
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